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    Bad Thought: I can’t escape this anxiety.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • May 15
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: I can’t escape this anxiety.

    I sat with a client the other day who was feeling anxious. He’d had a bad day at work and traffic was unusually heavy on his way to see...
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    Bad Thought: I can’t shake this depression.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Feb 26
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: I can’t shake this depression.

    A couple of recent clients have been feeling depressed despite the facts that Covid is now waning and that neither has lost work. Having...
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    Bad Thought: I don’t know how to cope with Covid.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Jan 15
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: I don’t know how to cope with Covid.

    As you might well imagine, people are struggling to deal emotionally as well as practically with yet another round of Covid. Omicron has...
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    Bad Thought: I feel stressed at the holidays.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Dec 18, 2021
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: I feel stressed at the holidays.

    You’re probably not surprised to hear that I’ve been seeing a number of clients who find the holidays stressful. For some, it’s the...
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    Bad Thought: The news makes me afraid.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Nov 12, 2021
    • 1 min

    Bad Thought: The news makes me afraid.

    I've spoken before in this blog about the fear that news reports can provoke in us (July 7, 2017), and about the idea of cutting down on...
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    Bad Thought: I’m afraid my cravings will make it impossible to quit smoking.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Aug 7, 2021
    • 1 min

    Bad Thought: I’m afraid my cravings will make it impossible to quit smoking.

    Many clients come to me to change a problem habit, such as smoking, nail-biting, or too much video gaming. They’d like me to hypnotize...
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    Next blog: Bad Thought: I can’t get over my anxiety because life is hard.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • May 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    Next blog: Bad Thought: I can’t get over my anxiety because life is hard.

    Judson Brewer’s recently released book, Unwinding Anxiety, demonstrates that anxiety is not a necessary reaction to life but instead a...
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    Bad Thought: I feel guilty when I take time away from my child.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Apr 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: I feel guilty when I take time away from my child.

    I’ve worked with many parents who feel guilty when, to nurture themselves, they take time away from their kids. If that’s your dilemma,...
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    Bad Thought: Wine just isn’t doing it for me anymore.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Jan 23, 2021
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: Wine just isn’t doing it for me anymore.

    I work with many clients who would like to find ways to relax without resorting to alcohol. Some have even made this their New Year’s...
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    Bad Thought: I shouldn’t be struggling so much to change myself.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Nov 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: I shouldn’t be struggling so much to change myself.

    I often find myself having to reassure clients that seeming “setbacks” in self-development are normal and even beneficial.
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    Bad Thought: I have no time for mindfulness.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Oct 3, 2020
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: I have no time for mindfulness.

    You can do this, “meditate” that is, is without scheduling time and sitting alone in a room in the lotus position. The way to do this is...
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    Bad Thought: There’s something seriously wrong with my mental health.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Aug 2, 2020
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: There’s something seriously wrong with my mental health.

    I read this morning that rates of anxiety and depression are up four-fold since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
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    Bad Thought: I don’t know how to deal with bad thoughts.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Jun 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: I don’t know how to deal with bad thoughts.

    Many of us have seen the information circulating on the internet that we have 70,000+ thoughts per day and that most of them are negative...
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    Bad Thought: I feel selfish when I attend to my inner well-being.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • May 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    Bad Thought: I feel selfish when I attend to my inner well-being.

    As a hypnotherapist, I come across many people who put themselves last on the list when it comes to self-care.
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    Bad Thought: I can’t find a ray of light during this coronavirus pandemic.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Mar 28, 2020
    • 1 min

    Bad Thought: I can’t find a ray of light during this coronavirus pandemic.

    We’re all enduring a terrible time in world history. Coronavirus has taken many lives, and we remain in the thick of the outbreak and...
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    Bad Thought: No matter what I do, somebody criticizes me.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Feb 15, 2020
    • 3 min

    Bad Thought: No matter what I do, somebody criticizes me.

    When was the last time someone told you that you were too outspoken or not spontaneous enough, that your work product was insufficient...
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    Bad Thought: They cut back my hours at work.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Jan 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: They cut back my hours at work.

    It can be difficult to find the good in a bad-seeming situation. However, in many if not most cases, the unwanted situation has a positive..
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    Bad Thought: I can’t control my negative thoughts.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Nov 9, 2019
    • 1 min

    Bad Thought: I can’t control my negative thoughts.

    ...and as I often teach my clients, self-distancing is a useful strategy for finding relief from one’s own bad-feeling thoughts.
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    Bad Thought: My achievements are never recognized.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Feb 2, 2019
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: My achievements are never recognized.

    Inner ecology is way more important than any award or recognition. After all, one can be a person with numerous awards and still feel...
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    Bad Thought: I’m such an idiot.
    Debbie Covino, PhD
    • Dec 2, 2018
    • 2 min

    Bad Thought: I’m such an idiot.

    I’d like to recommend the following exercise in self-compassion from Greater Good Magazine for all those who struggle to tell themselves...
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